Nick Knight
Nicholas Verity Knight
Born: 28 November 1969, Watford, Hertfordshire
Major Teams: Essex, Warwickshire, England.
Known As: Nick Knight
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Medium
Test Debut: England v West Indies at Manchester, 4th Test, 1995
Latest Test: England v Pakistan at Manchester, 2nd Test, 2001
ODI Debut: England v Pakistan at Manchester, Texaco Trophy, 1996
Latest ODI: England v India at Colombo (RPS), ICC Champions Trophy, 2002/03
Career Statistics:
TESTS
(including 31/05/2001)
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 17 30 0 719 113 23.96 43.28 1 4 26 0
O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling - - - - - - - - - -
ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
(including 22/09/2002)
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 85 85 9 3073 125* 40.43 70.41 4 21 35 0
O M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling - - - - - - - - - -
FIRST-CLASS
(1991 - 2002)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 176 293 30 11544 255* 43.89 29 53 241 0
O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 26.3 0 191 1 191.00 1-61 0 0 159.0 7.20
LIST A LIMITED OVERS
(1990 - 2002/03; last updated 10/11/2002)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 323 305 35 9898 151 36.65 19 51 134 0
O R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 15 89 2 44.50 1-14 0 0 45.0 5.93
- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.
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Nick Knight started his career at Essex in 1991, and although he performed
well, it took him until 1994 to claim a regular batting spot in a strong
side. A good start in 1995 for his new county Warwickshire earned Knight a
debut in the home Test series with West Indies. Successive centuries in
one-day games against Pakistan in 1996 Texaco hinted at what was to come.
After being dropped from the Test side following a broken finger on the
1997 tour of New Zealand, Knight was viewed primarily as a one-day player.
His average remained impressive, and his big scores at the top of the order
helped England win several tournaments. Coming into the 1999 Carlton &
United series in Australia, he averaged almost 50, ranking third in the
all-time list. But his form then dipped, and despite 84 in Sharjah against
India, he was dropped and failed to make an appearance in the 1999 World
Cup.
Knight was recalled to the Test side in the summer of 2000, playing
against Zimbabwe and twice against the West Indies before being dropped
again. The highlight of his Test career came in Bulawayo at the end of 1996
when he smashed 96 runs off 117 balls as England chased 205 for victory. He
was run out off the last ball of the game, going for the winning run. It was
the first time a Test match had been drawn with the scores level, and Knight
was named man of the match.
By 2001, it appeared that a pattern had emerged in Knight's international
career. Indispensable in the one-day game, yet only called up for the Test
side in an emergency. This was the case at Old Trafford for the second Test
against Pakistan. Coming into the side to replace the injured Nasser
Hussain, he did not really convince while scoring 15 in the first innings,
and was out first ball in the second. To compound matters Knight, who is
regarded as one of the best slip fielders in the game, dropped two
comparatively simple chances.
It was his last Test appearance of the summer, yet he blossomed in the
one-day internationals, both at home and on the tour to Zimbabwe that
followed. Combining well with Marcus Trescothick, Knight took the attack to
the bowlers with sound, aggressive strokeplay, and in Zimbabwe he was made
Man of the Series. He took some time to get going in India; in fact it was
not until the fourth ODI that he found his touch with an innings of 74,
followed by his fourth century at this level. He finished with a nought, but
found New Zealand very much to his liking, averaging over 44 in five innings
with a top score of 80 and no not outs to boost his average and to cement
his place at the top of the order. Much as he would like to re-establish
himself in the Test side, it may well be that his international future is
confined to the one-day game.
Even in that form of cricket, doubts emerged during the summer of 2002
when he was in prolific form for Warwickshire but failed to register a fifty
in the seven matches of the NatWest Series against India and Sri Lanka. He
failed against Zimbabwe in the ICC Champions Trophy, but did make fifty
against India in that competition and gained inclusion among the specialist
one-day players for that section of the Australian tour.
Knight, a product of Felsted School like several other international
sportsmen, was also a fine hockey player, having turned out for Essex and
Young England before devoting himself to cricket. (Copyright CricInfo
October 2002)
Portrait photograph by Paul Sturgess,
Copyright Sportsline Photographic +44 (0)1455 273320,
Thanks to The Cricketer.
Last Updated: Sunday, 10-Nov-2002 16:41:07 GMT
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